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Wednesday, June 7, 2023
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Climate

Greenwashing at Greentown Labs? The Somerville climate-tech hub’s new partner is raising alarms.

When the company recently announced a new partnership with the largest oil company in the world — one that would provide it a close relationship with the startups being fostered at Greentown Labs — it sent shock waves through parts of the climate community. Continue reading →

Health

State’s largest insurer has doubled spending on mental health care since start of the pandemic

The pandemic accelerated a brewing crisis, but also removed some of the stigma in seeking help. Continue reading →

college hockey

Harvard women’s hockey coach Katey Stone retires amid inquiry

Stone, one of the winningest coaches in the sport, was the subject of a Globe report in January that detailed wide-ranging abuse allegations, including hazing. Continue reading →

THE GREAT DIVIDE

Wu, Skipper propose big changes to BPS high schools

The mayor and superintendent proposed expanding Madison Park Technical Vocational High School and moving the O’Bryant School of Math and Science, Boston's most diverse exam school, to predominantly white West Roxbury. Continue reading →

Politics

Congressional staff of Mass. lawmakers skew whiter than average, data analysis shows

While every member of the delegation has a more diverse staff than the average House Republican, experts question whether Massachusetts lawmakers are hiring staff that can best reflect all of their constituents. Continue reading →

Boston Globe Today

Boston Globe Today | June 6, 2023

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Pandemic Money Mismanagement

Economy and financial columnist Larry Edelman explains how the federal government paid unemployment benefits that should have been paid by the state. Watch →

Fraud scheme uncovered in sober homes

Boston Globe deputy projects editor Brendan McCarthy digs into the case of Daniel Cleggett Jr., who was indicted for fraud involving his sober home empire. Watch →

The Nation

Nation

McCarthy rebuffs Senate plan to boost Ukraine aid, other military spending

"If they think they're writing a supplemental because they want to go around an agreement we just made, it's not going anywhere," the House speaker said of defense hawks in the Senate. Continue reading →

Nation

LGBTQ+ Americans are under attack, Human Rights Campaign declares in state of emergency warning

The Human Rights Campaign also released a guidebook pointing to laws it deems discriminatory in each state. Continue reading →

Nation

Judge sides with families fighting Florida’s ban on gender care for minors

The federal judge ruled specifically that three transgender children can be prescribed puberty blockers despite the new state law. Continue reading →

The World

World

Arctic summer could be practically free of sea ice by the 2030s

The latest research suggests that, where Arctic sea ice is concerned, only steep, sharp emissions cuts might be able to reverse the effects of the warming already underway. Continue reading →

World

Major dam collapses in southern Ukraine, flooding villages as Moscow and Kyiv trade blame

Russian and Ukrainian officials used terms like “ecological disaster” and “terrorist act” to describe the torrent of water gushing through the broken dam and beginning to empty an upstream reservoir that is one of the world's largest. Continue reading →

World

French march in new pension protests, but are they a final stand?

Street demonstrations and transport strikes disrupted France again Tuesday as another day of protests against a widely unpopular pension overhaul took place, in what appeared to be a last-ditch effort to pressure authorities into scrapping the changes. Continue reading →

Editorial & Opinion

OPINION

The rise in antisemitism should concern us all

This is not a problem only for Jews but for all Americans. Continue reading →

EDITORIAL

We need some new drugs

Shortages of medications like Adderall and children’s Tylenol highlight the risks that have been created by offshoring drug production. Continue reading →

LETTERS

Often overlooked or questioned, chronic fatigue seen in new light

Although the disease comes with dozens of symptoms, one of its hallmarks is post-exertional malaise. This means that the patient feels worse after almost any physical, emotional, or cognitive effort. Continue reading →

Metro

Politics

Texas sheriff recommends charges in case of DeSantis flying migrants to Martha’s Vineyard

The announcement came as news broke that two flights of migrants were flown from Texas to Sacramento, which the DeSantis administration confirmed Tuesday it had coordinated. Continue reading →

Metro

Serial rapists hate women but can’t be charged with a hate crime in Massachusetts

Under federal law, and in most states, sex and gender are protected classes in hate crime laws. Not in Massachusetts. Continue reading →

Health

Hazy skies, red sunlight, and a statewide air quality alert in Massachusetts. Should we be worried?

On Tuesday evening the air quality in Greater Boston was at unhealthy levels because of smoke from Canadian wildfires, according to Massachusetts officials. Continue reading →

Sports

Red Sox notebook

Christian Arroyo tried to have a healthy attitude while sidelined for a month

Arroyo's most recent hamstring strain kept him out for roughly a month before he returned to the Red Sox lineup Monday Continue reading →

Patriots

Jalen Mills is happy to be back patrolling Patriots secondary

Mills said he learned a lot the last two seasons by watching the multiple roles played by newly retired Devin McCourty, a person Mills will now help to replace. Continue reading →

tara sullivan

LIV-PGA merger raises many questions, but one answer is clear: Money wins again

The righteous words of PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan now ring hollow, as his message seems to be that it's easier to split the dough than fight the fight. Continue reading →

Business

Biotech

While other states, countries have biotech envy, Massachusetts can’t find enough workers

At the BIO convention in Boston this week, the competition for companies and investments is heated. Continue reading →

innovation beat

Apple isn’t labeling its AI products ‘AI.’ Here’s why that’s important.

Apple unveiled a VR headset and other new features packed with the same tech powering ChatGPT, but never mentioned the phrases “artificial intelligence” or “generative AI.” Continue reading →

the big idea

What happens when CEOs treat workers better? Companies (and workers) win.

MIT professor Zeynep Ton's new book says companies can succeed by paying workers more, not less. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Obituaries

Former Holy Cross star, BC defensive coordinator Bill McGovern dies

In all, Mr. McGovern was an assistant coach for 39 years in the college ranks and in the NFL. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Roger Craig, manager, teacher of an era-defining pitch, is dead at 93

Mr. Craig, a guru of the split-fingered fastball as a pitching coach, led the San Francisco Giants to the World Series in 1989 as their manager. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Françoise Gilot, artist in the shadow of Picasso, is dead at 101

Her art was initially eclipsed by her long and stormy romantic relationship with a much older Pablo Picasso. Continue reading →

Arts & Lifestyle

Restaurants

Kowloon owners seek customer videos for new documentary

The owners of Kowloon are asking customers to dig into their archives and share any video footage they may have taken at the restaurant. The older, the better. Continue reading →

STAGE REVIEW

In ‘Rooted,’ a cult insists she’s their leader, but the poor woman just wants to study her plants

In Deborah Zoe Laufer's play at Lyric Stage Company, environmental activists embrace a treehouse-inhabiting recluse as a kind of eco-messiah, one who can heal a wounded planet — and perhaps heal their own wounded souls. Continue reading →

Arts

Project STEP to honor 40 years with JFK Library celebration

The Boston-based nonprofit provides classical music training and educational support to underrepresented students. Continue reading →